Moan

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
  • n. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.
  • n. Lamentation.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a moan or moans.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sound resembling a moan: A saxophone moaned in the background.
  • verb-intransitive. To complain, lament, or grieve: an old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
  • v. To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.
  • v. To utter with moans or a moan.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
  • v. to make a moan or similar sound
  • v. to complain
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate.
  • v. To bewail audibly; to lament.
  • v. To afflict; to distress.
  • n. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
  • n. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter a low dull sound expressive of physical or mental suffering; lament inarticulately or with mournful utterance.
  • To give forth a saddening or gloomy sound, like one in distress; sound like a low cry of distress.
  • To murmur; complain; protest.
  • To lament; deplore; bewail.
  • To cause to make lamentation; afflict; distress: as, “which infinitely moans me,”
  • n. A low dull sound expressing grief or pain; a sound of lamentation not so deep as a groan; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cries.
  • n.
  • n. A low dull sound resembling that made by a person moaning.
  • n. Lament: lamentation; complaint: especially in the phrase to make one's moan.
  • Moa-like; of or pertaining to a moa.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  • v. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
  • Verb Form
    moaned    moaning    moans   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    utterance    vocalization    emit    let out    let loose    utter   
    Cross Reference
    protest    lament    murmur   
    Form
    moaned    moaning    moany    moaner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lament    afflict    distress    groan    mourn    complain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastogne    Bayonne    Capone    Cohn    Cologne    Dijon    Goan    Joan    Leone    Malone